Wanderers: A Novel
Chuck Wendig
eBook
(Del Rey, July 2, 2019)
A decadent rock star. A deeply religious radio host. A disgraced scientist. And a teenage girl who may be the worldâs last hope. From the mind of Chuck Wendig comes âa magnum opus . . . a story about survival thatâs not just about you and me, but all of us, togetherâ (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).NOMINATED FOR THE BRAM STOKER AWARD ⢠NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post ⢠NPR ⢠The Guardian ⢠Kirkus Reviews ⢠Publishers Weekly ⢠Library Journal ⢠Polygon Shana wakes up one morning to discover her little sister in the grip of a strange malady. She appears to be sleepwalking. She cannot talk and cannot be woken up. And she is heading with inexorable determination to a destination that only she knows. But Shana and her sister are not alone. Soon they are joined by a flock of sleepwalkers from across America, on the same mysterious journey. And like Shana, there are other âshepherdsâ who follow the flock to protect their friends and family on the long dark road ahead.For as the sleepwalking phenomenon awakens terror and violence in America, the real danger may not be the epidemic but the fear of it. With society collapsing all around themâand an ultraviolent militia threatening to exterminate themâthe fate of the sleepwalkers depends on unraveling the mystery behind the epidemic. The terrifying secret will either tear the nation apartâor bring the survivors together to remake a shattered world.Praise for Wanderers âThis career-defining epic deserves its inevitable comparisons to Stephen Kingâs The Stand.ââPublishers Weekly (starred review) âA suspenseful, twisty, satisfying, surprising, thought-provoking epic.ââHarlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Run Away âA true tour de force.ââErin Morgenstern, New York Times bestselling author of The Night Circus âA masterpiece with prose as sharp and heartbreaking as Station Eleven.ââPeng Shepherd, author of The Book of M âA magnum opus . . . It reminded me of Stephen Kingâs The Standâbut dare I say, this story is even better.ââJames Rollins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Crucible âAn inventive, fierce, uncompromising, stay-up-way-past-bedtime masterwork.ââPaul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts and The Cabin at the End of the World âAn American epic for these times.ââCharles Soule, author of The Oracle Year